The Every Day Novelist

View Top 200 Chart

Back to Rankings Page

Education
**The Every Day Novelist**

Moving From Hobbyist to Pro

Latest Episodes:

Feedback: Life Experience Aug 03, 2022

Show notes

Herb has feedback on the topic of gaining life experiences from the episode Staying In Your Lane.

The post Feedback: Life Experience appeared first on The Every Day Novelist.

Feedback: Dictation and the Full-Time Life Aug 02, 2022

Show notes

Tim has feedback on writing with a full-time life using dictation.

The post Feedback: Dictation and the Full-Time Life appeared first on The Every Day Novelist.

Question 1036: What is SpecFic? Aug 01, 2022

Show notes

Nichole asks:
What exactly is speculative fiction? How is it different from sci-fi?

Resources Mentioned
Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy
Utopia by Sir Thomas More
Life-Line by Robert A Heinlein
Star Wars Original Trilogy
Dune by Frank Herbert

The post Question 1036: What is SpecFic? appeared first on The Every Day Novelist.

Question 1035: How Formality Works Jul 29, 2022

Show notes

Herb asks:

How do you write dialog that is formal but not archaic?

Dying Earth by Jack Vance
Babylon 5

The post Question 1035: How Formality Works appeared first on The Every Day Novelist.

Question 1034: Writing, Revising, and Creative Flow Jul 28, 2022

Show notes

Nichole asks:
How do you balance writing on a new project and revising another one? What are the different processes that you’ve tried?

Ralph Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings
Amadeus
Drawing on the Power of Resonance, by Dave Farland

The post Question 1034: Writing, Revising, and Creative Flow appeared first on The Every Day Novelist.

Question 1033: All About Adventure Jul 26, 2022

Show notes

Herb asks:
How do you define an adventure story? What events or needs does it have?

Resources

Fear Cay by Lester Dent/Kenneth Robison
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard
The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Conan the Barbarian Series by Robert E Howard
Fast Ice by Clive Cussler
John Carter of Mars series by Edgar Rice Burroughs

The post Question 1033: All About Adventure appeared first on The Every Day Novelist.

Question 1332: Working the Ranch Jul 25, 2022

Show notes

Nichole asks: How goes work on the ranch?

The post Question 1332: Working the Ranch appeared first on The Every Day Novelist.

Question 1031: Learning to Type Jul 22, 2022

Show notes

Charles asks: I’ve spent years on the computer but, due to social stigma in my youth, never took a formal typing class. Now, I want to learn? What resources do you recommend learn to type well and improve typing speed?

The post Question 1031: Learning to Type appeared first on The Every Day Novelist.